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Commission recommends rezoning of roughly 150 acres after finding 2009 zoning error and existing conservation easement
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to forward a favorable recommendation to rezone roughly 150 acres from an Estate (E1) classification to Agricultural (A1), citing a preexisting conservation easement (dated June 22, 2009) that precludes subdivision and a county land-use designation of agriculture.
The Worcester County Planning Commission voted to recommend rezoning about 150 acres from the E1 estate district to A1 agricultural zoning after hearing that the property has been under a deed of conservation easement since June 22, 2009.
Applicant representative Hugh Crocker argued the E1 zoning designation resulted from a good-faith mistake during the county’s comprehensive rezoning process, and that the parcel’s conservation easement — he said…
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